Jeff Hirsch, Author at New York Social Diary

Thomas Woltz

House• October 25, 2019.

Sian, Lesley, and JH visit landscape architect Thomas Woltz who is spreading the gospel about his particular approach to landscape design and his pai... READ MORE

Debbie’s Week at a Glance: Tender loving birthday celebrations

Guest Diary• October 23, 2019.

Debbie’s Week at a Glance. A birthday week for the lady-ole girl-reporter and friend — restaurants, cocktails, and more; plus a remembrance of Dav... READ MORE

Sheila Kotur

House• July 12, 2019.

Sian, Leslie, and JH visit artist/illustrator and interior designer Sheila Camera Kotur in her apartment that matches her charm, presence, and a stron... READ MORE

Center Art Studio – Lansing Moore

House• June 14, 2019.

Sian, Lesley, and JH visit Lansing Moore, the owner of Center Art Studio. The studio has been restoring fine art and objects since 1919, making it one... READ MORE

John Born

House• May 3, 2019.

Sian, Lesley, and JH visit ceramicist John Born in his Brooklyn town house. John only relatively recently “escaped” a career in pharmaceutical a... READ MORE

Richard Rabel

House• April 12, 2019.

Sian, Lesley, and JH visit interior designer Richard Rabel in his Hudson Heights apartment, which is in one of those buildings that pretty much everyo... READ MORE

Ready to burst

Social Diary• April 4, 2019.

Beautiful early Spring day in New York yesterday, capping it off by attending “The Lehman Trilogy,” a play in three acts that you cannot look away... READ MORE

Philip Mitchell

House• March 22, 2019.

Sian, Lesley, and JH visit designer Philip Mitchell in his Upper East Side apartment, where with his husband Mark Naransky they have managed to balanc... READ MORE

Brian McCarthy

House• October 12, 2018.

Brian J. McCarthy is best known for the way in which every design he creates is highly personalized for each client. What they have in common is his e... READ MORE

Richard Mishaan

House• April 27, 2018.

As we said to designer Richard Mishaan at some point in our lengthy interview, “we thought we were going to be talking about if mid-century design i... READ MORE

Bennett Leifer

House• January 19, 2018.

Designer Bennett Leifer (pictured with his partner Benni Frowein) made the decision to major in both art history and business in college, not a combin... READ MORE

Priscilla Ulmann

House• January 12, 2018.

Priscilla Ulmann is a designer who is seasoned enough to know that she doesn’t need to cover all the bases — she’s not going to be doing an all-... READ MORE

Tom Britt

House• December 22, 2017.

We asked designer Tom Britt if, as he claims, a room can really make you feel “important, sexy and confident.” Of course he unhesitatingly said it... READ MORE

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